New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-09-09

t.,sn1 70, frisndship Of which his sutebisxrsrny
,outains many pleasant traces. HIS tn outes 70
.oms Of HE ,istinsushe contemporaries, Aee.nOS
Rodgers J. w Francis, Van Buren,. hailon o'sss
the Fliuts j. w. Draper and othsrA are ssne.o"
and feryid. But 1t must % confssssd thas smh''
the evidencss of genislity and hith-minaoonos'
with which these posthumous pages soouau -
ara many criticisms and anecdotes whose suect IL
little repellaut. They arc only snch 'ninRs o"o
NAV hear at almoss any dinner-teoio' pu. We
made a. free in print with the faults ana
our frien 10 as do in private convertation 'nor'
.or,d AEON be clamor for censorship of tho press.
TSsrs ia an spprec,st,ve sketch of Valentine Mott,
with . PERFECTLY frank recognition OF his great
acbjevoments, but it is coupled with this para
Rraph
Al public teacher Mott long occupied promi-
pent position. Bis lectures we're essentially de-
voted to operative surgery, ana exhioi.eu tno
were always far in arrear of the OF state OF
the science. Another feature OF them was theI
egotisiIcal character He could not help TAXING
about the ,igaton of the innominate artery, the
excis OH of the clavicle-styled by him his ater
loo operation "-sud other feats. the record OF
which, however amusing it might have been LOT
time to Young students, could not fail sooner or
later to become tiresome, II not ousns'e. .r,a;n
was Motifs weakness. If he possessed certs,n
degree of strength as Q teacher OF operative
surgery, re was al fault as a teacher Oh surgical
pathology iault shared until recently by most
of the professors OF this brancn Oh scieuco III Jul
medical schOOlh
The attachments of DR.. Oliver Wendell Holmes as
q uhyslcian are referred to with touch OF scorn'
and DR.. Gross thinks 1t pity that he ever sI-
chan eed law for physic; bo would no doubt nave
gained great istincti0n at the bar" Most OF us
are content with him rs he is. But we shall not
dwell upon tue blemishe- of a book IN when 30
much 10 attractive. There are some amusing
stories of dead aud gone practitioners whose eccen-
tricities can be told without offence. There was
Dr. Lanein st. Louis many years ago. man OIL
great personal popularity and OF undeniaoie sue
cess in wrestling with disease. although he mad no
scientific requirements and never resd mooicai
book
One of Lanes pecuarities was q habit of run
maxiug tie rooms of his patients In search OF some
thug to eat OF drink. Indeed, IL seemed TO be an
lido yncrasy with him, appearing At All ilmes III
season aud ont OF SEASON. aud the act WAS often
performed apparently without CONSCIOUSNESS Vi
what he was doing. 1t was upon one vi tnes9
occasions that patient " mo had vf'en Witnessed
tn Csc freaks determined to play q trek upon nim
The visit took place early in the forenoon. " MIS-
H.. have you taken your mealcine r Dig u1so
of caloniel and jalap prescribed the evening Do
fore. no doctor; but intend to take II present
y.' At this moment the doctor esp,ed glass upon
the mantol partially filled with Jelly and contain
ing tho catbaitic medicine The mixture disap
pexred in instant. For two days no doctor WAS
sesn. and much discussion was inGnIgeh 10 on ac-
count OF his protrscted absence. When at length
he reappearcd he iooxtd pale ana bagpSrd anu
apoog zsi bv ssy that he had been seized, soon
after lie left the ladys room, with severe attack
OF cho era norbus
There was bitter fcui between Dr. William
Gibson, of Philadelphia, and DR.. Mcclellan, The
father of the General:
Gibson was a nUn-belicver in the feasibility OF
extirpating the p.rotid gland. aud he:ore bis own
cl,s, hs openly accused Mcclellan CT Sl5~ hood ;or
having asserted that he had repeatedly performed
the oper tion. For y long tmo there was warm
controversy on this subject between the rival
Ia ,,an Datts lam tnnk
part in favor OF Nc Cel!an. Some ten years after
ward Gibson and Mcclellan became partially
recopcleI and after to" latter had witnd.awa
10 witness an extrp1tion OF tho plrotii IN tie
University of Pennsylvania in tho presence OF the
elias. and of many rhyslciaus wao ha come 80 see
the finn" rne tumor was skllfnlly removed; aul
when the operatiOD was over Gibson. turning
toward the audience. remarked "Gentlem'n. !
have performed what is generally calico extirpa-
ton Of the parotid gand but 1t 10 not an extirna-
ton Of that gland. The mass have removed -
only tumor everything that gland not the gland
tnguisbed friend has exiirpI'ei the parotld ganh.
but. unfortunately, he does not know TIA re-
Ts:k which caused commissions OF Laughter IN the
large assembly.
A visit to Professor Virchow in Berlin Is the sub
jet Of several interesting pages, from which we
take the folio wing personal sketch:
Yrchow is a thin. aleu- Ter man. about the
MEDIUM height. With fine forehsad although the
had ia no. large. a1d handsome black Dyes.
G. alsd by pair of glasses re Is deliberate in his
,Dovemt nts. good talkrr. very ahable. conrte"us.
aud warm hearted-in . word, gentleman Of tho
higher type. 10 his seneral apPeaIJnce there is
nothing at all striking. As lecturer he did not
espscispy mpress mo. His voice Is good. and.
while his delvory is p'sc,fnl. ne s-eme'l TO met
be Father sluggish; at AL events. without that
enthusiasm which one might expect in so renowned
teacher In age. at my visit at Berlin IN 1865,
lie 1nly about nifty. in his political feel
legs lie 10 thoroughly republican. and II l. said
that Bismarck Is more afra d of bm THAI any man
In the German empire. Earlv in life, indrei. he
bsnished from Berlin on account Of his pOlit
cal Droclivties, but. his great reputation AT ensth
induced tue government TO roca HIN. and to rein
state him his former CHAIR. Wicklow il hard
wIrker a close observer. and a philosophical
reasoner. He is good sleeper. and dU-s not
trouble himself about carly r>iGg At his lectures
he often behind lime a1l does not always
occupy his hour. Ito is a voumlnous author, and
he nay 10 reg ,rded a. the fonn or of school
of Pathology and pathological anatomy.
DR.. Crosss rem,n i>cences are not altoge' her of
heal men. for he great dea! of general
society and met many distiD gushsd PERSONS lie
continued the record of his life almost 10 its very
close. and as he advance in years the finer traits
of his character seemed to grow more and more
dominant His autobiography will enjoy a special
distinction among works of It's kind as tho story Of
long, full and honorable career told in its com
ploteness inst the writer reaches his gentle and
cheerful end.